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A Seat at the Table
The United Nations was formed under charter in 1945 and it’s Security Council took its first session a year later. The United Nations as a whole was formed in response to the inadequacies of...
Getting to Know Little Brother – Lesotho
So for the first time in six years, I am in paid employment. Perhaps now I’ll start to feel like a real struggling writer as opposed to one that had all the time in...
Getting to Know Little Brother – Bhutan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་
Somewhere to the east of India and the west of…ah…India, yet south of China and north of …that’s right…India; lies the kingdom of Bhutan. It is a small country when compared to its neighbours...
Decision 2014: Politics, Pistorious or Pikelets?
I can’t get away from politics today. I am still a registered voter in New Zealand. Surprise, surprise! Thanks to passing through immigration last year for my sister’s wedding, I am still a Ponsonby...
Scotland the Bold
There is an important date coming up this month for all New Zealanders. No it’s not the date of the General Election. That’s the 20th of September. No, it’s sooner than that. The date...
All-Time Top 10: Children’s Picture Books
So the girls are back in school and I’m hoping that more time to write soon follows. On their first day we took a tour of the Bonn International School. The facilities were excellent...
Getting to Know Little Brother – Nauru
When you look at the state of international current affairs it’s easy to start believing there are only a handful of countries on the Earth. When watching a half hour segment of BBC World...
The Year Punk Broke
I’ll get straight to the year in question. It was 1991 and according to the title above quoting a rockumentary film of the same name, this series of European concerts by a group of...
They’re Just Children’s Stories
After recently being asked “Do you read much?” my initial reaction was to take insult. In truth there has been little traditional reading lately. You know, the kind where a book lives on your...
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